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Egypt Reportedly Ordered 30,000 Rockets From North Korea in $23m Deal Foiled by U.S.
haaretz ^ | Oct 02, 2017

Posted on 10/02/2017 10:52:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Egyptian business executives ordered $23 million worth of rockets from North Korea for the Egyptian army in a complex and illicit arrangement that was thwarted by U.S. intelligence services, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

The failed deal prompted a United Nations investigation and a series of U.S. complaints over Egypt's sanction-defying attempts to purchase North Korean weaponry, just one link in the chain of a global arms trade that the report describes as a "vital financial lifeline" for the country's leader, Kim Jong Un.

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: districtofcolumbia; egypt; northkorea; pyongyang; sinai; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost

1 posted on 10/02/2017 10:52:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

WTF!


2 posted on 10/02/2017 10:56:47 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: BenLurkin

Norks will be happy to sell.

I bet it wont be long before nukes are on the Black Market.


3 posted on 10/02/2017 11:01:26 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard

I hope Egypt was going to pay them in North Korean counterfeit $20s


4 posted on 10/02/2017 11:03:52 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: BenLurkin
$750 each - how much rocket do you get for that kinda money?

Cheap, unguided RPG-style junk, would be my guess.

Still guessing, but destined for Gaza and the West Bank?

5 posted on 10/02/2017 11:04:19 AM PDT by ZOOKER (Until further notice the /s is implied...)
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To: Bayard
I bet it wont be long before nukes are on the Black Market.

The Pakies won't be happy - they cornered that market years ago, right?

6 posted on 10/02/2017 11:15:53 AM PDT by GOPJ (Black men are 6% of the population - - they murder 42% of all cops killed in the line of duty.)
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To: BenLurkin

Bottle rockets?


7 posted on 10/02/2017 11:17:17 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Goblins, Orcs and the Undead: Metaphors for the godless left.)
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe they were used to dealing with the “O” adm and thought they’d try to slide this one by, too


8 posted on 10/02/2017 11:19:28 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
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To: BenLurkin
That works out to $766 per rocket.


9 posted on 10/02/2017 11:21:07 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: GOPJ
"The Pakies won't be happy - they cornered that market years ago, right? "

The Saudis got their nukes from Pakistan because they financed the 'Moslem Bomb' through the BCCI Bank.

The BCCI paved the way by donating millions to Jimmie Carter's charities.

10 posted on 10/02/2017 11:30:21 AM PDT by blam
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To: BenLurkin

Time to end our giveaways of American taxpayer dollars to Egypt. I don’t understand why we give huge amounts of cash to Egypt to match Israel. Egypt is not a solid ally like Israel. American cash helping to buy North Korean weapons for Egypt?


11 posted on 10/02/2017 1:54:54 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: BenLurkin

So that’s why Trump’s been so hard on Egypt lately.


12 posted on 10/02/2017 1:56:17 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Egypt really could use some depth charges, no reason. Thanks BenLurkin.

13 posted on 10/02/2017 6:53:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes they were RPG’s. Egyptian businessmen bought the intending to sell them to the Egyptian military.

30,000 of them? Hmmmm.

We found out and ratted the shipment out to the Egyptian foreign minister so they had to inspect and “uncover” them.

Here’s the really funny part, the RPG’s were redated to May, 2017 manufacturing but in reality, most of them were 20+ years old and would have had a very high misfire rate.

The Norks ripped them off.


14 posted on 10/03/2017 10:19:36 AM PDT by gandalftb (OK State, Go Cowboys!!)
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